Package: aptitude Version: 0.6.8.2-1.2 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
aptitude frequently forgets packages being "on hold". For several weeks now, I have the jack libraries on hold, but often when I start "aptitude -u" and then hit "U", it will still try to update the packages. Then I have to "Cancel pending actions", and mark the packages as "on hold" again before continuing the update. Unfortunately, I found no way to reproduce this problem. It also happens when I start "aptitude" and hit "u" and then "U", but so far I don't think it ever happened if the list update was a no-op (as all lists where already up-to-date). The bug does NOT depend on whether any other packages become upgradeable. Kind regards Ralf -- Package-specific info: Terminal: xterm $DISPLAY is set. which aptitude: /usr/bin/aptitude aptitude version information: aptitude 0.6.8.2 compiled at Aug 25 2013 12:37:10 Compiler: g++ 4.8.1 Compiled against: apt version 4.12.0 NCurses version 5.9 libsigc++ version: 2.2.10 Ept support enabled. Gtk+ support disabled. Qt support disabled. Current library versions: NCurses version: ncurses 5.9.20130608 cwidget version: 0.5.16 Apt version: 4.12.0 aptitude linkage: linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff3e96e000) libapt-pkg.so.4.12 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12 (0x00007f33fce95000) libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00007f33fcc65000) libtinfo.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 (0x00007f33fca3b000) libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f33fc836000) libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0x00007f33fc536000) libept.so.1.aptpkg4.12 => /usr/lib/libept.so.1.aptpkg4.12 (0x00007f33fc295000) libxapian.so.22 => /usr/lib/libxapian.so.22 (0x00007f33fbeb2000) libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f33fbc9a000) libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsqlite3.so.0 (0x00007f33fb9e8000) libboost_iostreams.so.1.54.0 => /usr/lib/libboost_iostreams.so.1.54.0 (0x00007f33fb7ce000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f33fb5b2000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f33fb2a9000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f33fafab000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f33fad95000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f33fa9e8000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil.so.1 (0x00007f33fa7e5000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f33fa5e1000) libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007f33fa3d0000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f33fa3ca000) librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f33fa1c1000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f33fd81b000) -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.10-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages aptitude depends on: ii aptitude-common 0.6.8.2-1.2 ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.11.2 ii libboost-iostreams1.54.0 1.54.0-2 ii libc6 2.17-92+b1 ii libcwidget3 0.5.16-3.4 ii libept1.4.12 1.0.9 ii libgcc1 1:4.8.1-2 ii libncursesw5 5.9+20130608-1 ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.2.10-0.2 ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.17-1 ii libstdc++6 4.8.1-2 ii libtinfo5 5.9+20130608-1 ii libxapian22 1.2.15-2 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1 Versions of packages aptitude recommends: ii apt-xapian-index 0.46 ii aptitude-doc-en [aptitude-doc] 0.6.8.2-1.2 ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1 ii sensible-utils 0.0.9 Versions of packages aptitude suggests: pn debtags <none> pn tasksel <none> -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org